Reshmi R Dasgupta

Correspondent, TOI

Stories by the author

• Why not dhoties in the workplace?

  
  28 Mar 2026 12:32 AM IST
• Understand the power of rivers' sutra

  
  29 Aug 2025 11:59 PM IST
• It's okay to feel like a foreigner in India—even if you're Indian

  
  26 Apr 2025 12:57 AM IST
• Mind your (English) language!

  
  11 Apr 2025 11:48 PM IST
• A meditative metamorphosis

  
  06 Apr 2025 12:16 AM IST
• History as installation art

  
  03 Jan 2025 11:43 PM IST
• Don't miss the tree for the woods

  
  5 mins read22 Jun 2024
• Value lies as much in the hand as the bag

  
  5 mins read14 Jun 2024
• Embracing spring: Weather's impact on Indian wedding celebrations

  
  4 mins read23 Mar 2024
• The journey of 100 springs

  
  5 mins read24 Feb 2024
• When 'traditional' ceremonies become refreshingly different

  
  5 mins read2 Dec 2023
• Protect hotspots from long weekend floods

  
  5 mins read6 Oct 2023
• Contemplating old age in a new era

  
  5 mins read3 Jun 2023
• View: The spirit of 1947 should never flag

  
  13 Aug 2022 12:12 AM IST
• Government housing: Occupants come and go; but what stays?

  
  5 mins read6 Aug 2022
• View: There are more civil servant social media stars than we realise; how this phenomenon is handled will be crucial

  
  5 mins read15 Jul 2022
• Indian Bureaucrats: From facelessness to fame

  
  6 mins read9 Jul 2022
• Never stand down or stand back: CB Muthamma’s advice to Indian women diplomats

  
  6 mins read18 Jun 2022
• View: Indian flavours mean more than just North

  
  5 mins read28 May 2022
• Amaravati stupa remnants in Chennai museum deserve as much support as Telangana’s Buddhavanam

  
  5 mins read21 May 2022
• Ranbir-Alia's wedding: All about cousins and camaraderie

  
  16 Apr 2022 12:20 AM IST
• What can be more painful than despair?

  
  5 mins read25 Mar 2022
• View: Cosmopolitan Bengali grooms should revise their opinion of the conical shola topor

  
  6 mins read11 Mar 2022
• View: The sheer joy of sipping a freshly steeped cup of fine Indian tea is beyond comparison

  
  6 mins read5 Feb 2022
• View: Watching television cannot remain our favourite sport

  
  5 mins read6 Aug 2021
• Flying in an Air India 747 ‘Jumbo’ has changed a lot in 50 years

  
  5 mins read23 Jan 2021
• Joe Biden time for that Indian connection

  
  08 Nov 2020 09:42 PM IST
• Humans are the only bad animals: The agonising death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala once again proves this fact

  
  06 Jun 2020 10:44 AM IST
• What was the real intention of PM Modi's veshti look at Mamallapuram?

  
  25 Oct 2019 11:27 PM IST
• Dadra and Nagar Haveli: When an IAS officer became the instrument of accession

  
  09 Aug 2019 11:22 PM IST
• I’m in awe of what Indian gastronomy has to offer: George Calombaris, MasterChef Australia judge

  
  09 Sep 2017 10:22 PM IST
• How RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan’s sober plumage suits us

  
  11 Jun 2016 03:47 AM IST
• How a haveli in Dharampura is a perfect example of how Delhi's history can be restored & saved

  
  10 Jan 2016 03:15 AM IST
• APJ Abdul Kalam: The President with 'wild hair'

  
  28 Jul 2015 11:52 AM IST
• Diyas light up more than just our homes

  
  25 Oct 2014 05:34 AM IST
• Centre mulls trademark for Brand Khadi

  
  25 Oct 2014 04:00 AM IST
• Protecting the legacy of Lutyens Bungalow Zone

  
  18 Oct 2014 06:16 AM IST
• A tale of the haunted houses of Lutyens Delhi

  
  20 Sep 2014 04:00 AM IST
• Weather - appropriate clothing could play as huge a role in reducing energy costs

  
  13 Sep 2014 04:38 AM IST
• PM Narendra Modi’s discovery of the world

  
  05 Sep 2014 06:04 AM IST
• No matter what world leaders wear during their holiday, once back to work they don their official attire

  
  01 Sep 2014 02:37 AM IST
• How houses without toilets say something about the mindset of their occupants

  
  30 Aug 2014 04:01 AM IST
• Emergency must remain etched in our collective consciousness

  
  28 Jun 2014 04:00 AM IST
• Sonali Dasgupta and Jawaharlal Nehru: Lucky to be in an era without news channels & NGOs

  
  14 Jun 2014 07:12 AM IST
• Electoral thumbs down to the metrosexual man

  
  24 May 2014 04:00 AM IST
• Chateau Margaux wines with Indian cuisine? Dhruv Sawhney demonstrates delicious possibilities

  
  27 Apr 2014 04:00 AM IST
• West Bengal gives a thumbs-up to Narendra Modi at rally

  
  06 Feb 2014 06:32 AM IST